New Delhi: Sales of Khadi and Village Industries products reached a historic level of Rs 1,87,105 crore in 2025-26, the highest-ever sales figure, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) said on Tuesday.

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Sales during the previous financial year 2024-25 stood at Rs 1,70,551.37 crore, and have surged multi-fold from Rs 31,154 crore in 2013-14.

Addressing a press conference, KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar expressed confidence that sales of KVIC products will cross Rs 2.51 lakh crore in 2026-27.

He informed that while the production of Khadi and Village Industry products remained at Rs 26,109 crore in the financial year 2013-14, it surged nearly five-fold, registering a jump of 380 percent, to reach Rs 1,25,296 crore in the financial year 2025-26.

While cumulative employment in activities related to Khadi and Village Industries stood at 1.30 crore in the year 2013-14, it has augmented to 2.04 crore in the financial year 2025-26, marking a growth of 56 percent, thereby highlighting KVIC's vital role in generating rural livelihoods, KVIC stated.

Under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), 66,494 new units were established during the financial year 2025-26 and for these units, a margin money subsidy of Rs 2,457 crore was disbursed against loans amounting to Rs 7,375 crore.

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Through these units, employment opportunities were provided to 7,31,434 people, KVIC stated.

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